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I am sitting in a room full of easy chairs and small tables all bolted or chained to the floor. On my right is a wall with five windows. On my left, another wall with five windows. In front of me are ten windows. One floor up is the same set-up done slightly smaller. OutsideContinue reading “Norwegian Sea: 16 December 2012”

Our boat arrived in Trondheim, Norway’s third largest city, this morning (Dec. 24).  We had been informed by various people that Norway “shuts down” for the Christmas Holiday, but I don’t think it really sunk in until we got off the boat at 10 AM on 12/24 to a virtually deserted city.  This is not aContinue reading “Christmas Eve”

It wasn't until I looked at the route of our voyage on a map of Western Europe that I realized hope much “ground” we have covered on this trip. The blue line along the Norwegian coast in the map below represents the area we have traveled. Starting at the bottom marker for Bergen and goingContinue reading “Route of our trip”

This photo was taken at noon today. The light is so unique up above the arctic circle.

We are lucky to be in one of the four rooms on the ship that have windows. And we have two! This is the same room that Sam and Kathy stayed in during our trip north. It is larger than the room we had before.

It’s Saturday in the Arctic and we are back aboard the MS Lofoten but now heading south. The Norwegian coastal steamers complete the trip north from Bergen and back over 13 days. We left the boat in Tromso on day five and are back on board on day nine. While we were on land forContinue reading “Saturday – Back on Board”

Although the sun never rises at this time of year, daylight begins around 9AM with a gentle pink/orange hue. It gradually becomes lighter and by 11am the sky is fully illuminated by indirect sunlight lower on the globe. By 2PM the light starts retreating and by 3PM it is again completely dark.

This is a short video from the sled.  

We traveled about 45 minutes outside of Tromso to spend a few hours dogsledding with a team of six very strong and fast huskies.  Marlow and I took turns with one of us sitting down in the sled and the other standing on the back of the sled with one foot on the “break” andContinue reading “Thursday dogsledding”